I spent Black Friday searching for the sweaters to make a new batch of hats. Raw materials determine the final product, so it can be a real easter egg hunt- the right colors, weights, textile blends that will eventually get washed and dried and cut up. How long does it take to make a hat? Well, if you don’t count...
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Happy New Year
As we launch into 2022, I want to take a moment to thank all of my customers for helping to make the past year- with all of the challenges that it had, a successful year. As I scroll through social media- it is the most gratifying thing to see images of friends and strangers wearing a Cimarrona hat! As I...
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turning over a new leaf
At Cimarrona, we are using the opportunity this strange time has brought us to make changes to our line and our approach. For the last 14 years our goal has been to reduce, recycle and reuse whenever possible in all of the work we create, and we have used predominantly post consumer textiles as the main body of our line....
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Playing it Safe
Twentytwenty has been a year that we can’t get to the end of soon enough. But before it closes we will have a small show- outdoors – masked and socially distant. This time of the year- in the past- I have celebrated with friends and family and enjoyed a busy Fall schedule of being at art shows with my art...
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one stitch at a time
As 2019 came to a close I reflected, as many of us do- on what I accomplished during the year. The things said and done- and the things left unsaid, undone as well. More than once this year it has occurred to me that most of what I do is done stitch by stitch. Time measured in stitches. No two...
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